The Arctic International Film Festival «Golden Raven» is based in Anadyr, the capital of Chukotka, and also takes its competition and out-of-competition screenings to other settlements of the region. Its selection centres on films about the Arctic and the North: the lives of northern communities, indigenous cultures, ecology and the relationship between people and nature. Competitions cover feature-length fiction and documentary, feature-length animation, short fiction, documentary and animation, films made with generative AI, and the interregional Kinovzlyot! competition for filmmakers from the North, Siberia and the Far East, open to debut, student and non-professional work.
The Grand Prix is decided by an audience rating vote rather than by the jury, and the main prizes are carved from walrus tusk by local bone carvers. The organisers – the Youth Initiatives Producer Centre, Chukotka's Department of Culture and Tourism and the Golden Raven cultural projects centre – also run animation labs for young people in Chukotka and a season-long free screening marathon across Russia. The dates for the eleventh edition are 29 March – 11 April 2027.
Awards and prizes
Grand Golden Raven statuette (Grand Prix) – best film of the feature-length fiction and documentary competition, by audience rating vote.
Golden Raven statuettes, by the jury, in the feature-length fiction and documentary competition: best film, best director, best screenplay, best cinematography.
Golden Raven medallions:
– best feature-length animated film, by audience vote;
– best short film, by audience vote;
– best short fiction film, by the jury;
– best short documentary, by the jury;
– best short animated film, by children's audience vote;
– Special Jury Prize in the feature-length competition;
– Special Jury Prize in the short film competition;
– best film of the Kinovzlyot! competition, by the jury;
– Special Prize of the Organising Committee;
– best AI film, by audience vote.
Press Prize – best film, chosen by media representatives and film critics.
The jury may also give diplomas or special mentions to up to three films of the feature-length competition. The main prizes are made of walrus tusk by local bone carvers.
Festival rules
Submissions for the 2027 edition are accepted from 20 August to 30 November 2026. Russian applicants use the online form on the festival website; international applicants submit via FilmFreeway.
Competition films must be completed no earlier than 1 January 2025. Feature-length competitions (fiction, documentary, animation): 52 minutes or longer. Short competitions (fiction, documentary, animation): under 52 minutes. Films should relate to the Arctic or the North, the life of northern peoples, indigenous cultures, ecology or the relationship between people and nature; the short competitions also accept other themes.
Kinovzlyot! interregional competition: short fiction and documentary films under 30 minutes by filmmakers living in the North, Siberia or the Far East who have not taken part in this programme before; debut, student and non-professional works are eligible.
AI film competition: a film qualifies when more than half of its main visual track is generated with AI; such films compete only in this section. Applicants disclose the tools used and the team's creative contribution.
Films must not contain obscene language. The list of selected films is published by 25 March 2027; materials for selected films are due by 1 February 2027. Screening copy: DCP in the original language, with Russian or English subtitles if the original language is neither.
The festival covers domestic economy flights to Anadyr, hotel and meals for one representative of each film in the feature-length competition. Representatives of short films travel at their own expense.
